Volume 1

A catalogue of the moths of India / compiled by E.C. cotes and C. Swinhoe.

Date:
1887
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Credit: A catalogue of the moths of India / compiled by E.C. cotes and C. Swinhoe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HEXAPOD A. Order LEPIDOPTERA. Sub-order HETEROCERA. Family SPIIINGIDiE. Sub-family I.—Macrogloss iNiE. Geuus Sataspes. 1. Sataspes infernalis. Sesia infernalis, Westw., Cab. Or. Ent., p. 61, pi, 30, fig. 3, (1848). Macroglossa infernalis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. viii, p. 95, No. 19, (1856). Sataspes infernalis, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. Comp. Mus. i, p. 261, No. 597, (1857). Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc, Loud, ix, 1876, p. 517. Recorded from Sylhet, Sibsagar, Sikkim, Nepal, Coimbatore. In Indian Museum are specimens from Sibsagar and Buxa. In Collection, Swinhoe, from Sylhet. 2. Sataspes uniformis. Sataspes uniformis, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1875, p. 3, No. 1. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix, 1876, p. 518. var. Sataspes infernalis, Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep. 1, pi. 10, figs, 1, 2, (1875) .* Recorded from Sylhet. Closely allied to Sataspes infernalis. Type is in British Museum, 3. Sataspes ventralis. Sataspes ventralis, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1875, p. 3, No. 2. Trans. Zool. Soc Lond. ix., 1876, p. 518. Sataspes iagalica, Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep., p. 278, pi. 10, figs. 3, 4, (1875).# Recorded from Sylhet, Hongkong. Type is in British Museum, Genus Hemaris. 4. IIejiaris saundersii. Macroglossa saundersii, Boisd. MS.* Sesia saundersii, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. viii, p. 83, No. 7, (1856). Hemaris saundersii, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. ix, 1876, p. 520. Recorded from Masuri, Sikkim, ICulu, Kunawar. In Indian Museum are specimens from Kulu : in Collection, Swinhoe, from Sikkim. B
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